Mara Cygielstrejch reminiscences

Identifier
irn503779
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • RG-02.085
Dates
1 Jan 1993 - 31 Dec 1993
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503779

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Mara Cygielstrejch

Biographical History

Mara Cygielstrejch was born April 18, 1908 in Zablotow, Poland. She spend her childhood in Lvov. In 1949, Cygielstrejch left Poland for Israel and settled in Tel Aviv.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The memoir was handwritten in Polish by Mara Cygielstrejch on her eighty-fifth birthday in 1993. Along with a typed Polish copy and an English translation, it was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collections Department by her nephew, Mieczyslaw Cegielski. The three versions of the memoir were transferred from the Collections and Acquisitions Department to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Dec. 1993.

Scope and Content

Contains information about the early life of Mara Cygielstrejch in Lvov (L'viv), Poland, her flight to the Soviet Union, and her eventual emigration to Israel.

People

  • Mara Cygielstrejch
  • Cygielstrejch, Mara (Mina Pistyner)

Subjects

Genre

  • Document
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